The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-27
A CHAMPION OF HOME RULE.
The Visit to indianapolis of Hon. Justin
Mccarthy, the Irish Statesman.
His Personal Appearance and Manners-His
Lecture on ''The Cause of IRELAND"
miring Citizens Call Upon Him Body.


rule for Ireland and known wherever the En-
tile and vigorous writers of the day. arrived here
yesterday afternoon, coming direct from Cincin-
natl A Journal reporter found Mr. Mccarthy
ut the Bates House. He is gentleman of about
five feet seven inches in height. slender, OF a
aorid countepance, beard brown. thickly
sprinkled with gray. He has full shock OF
hair and pair of kindly blush gray eyes beam
from his nose-glasses. Mr.. Mccarthy has a
slight but most agreeable brogue the accent of
a Corkoninn. II arrived in this country" he
said. in answer to the reporters inquiry. II
think, on the Oath day of September, and will
return home about the LIST of March. You may
know | am no stranger to this country, having
been here before, my first visit being made in
1868 OF course, there have been many i'm
provemeuts since then in your cities. in travel
Ing conveniences and everything else. l find
great sympathy for the Irish cause among the
American public. l have addressed many
audiences that were almost exclusively
American, and found with them as much
and as earnest sympathy for the cause of home
rule as I could have expected from my
own countrymen. have not, AS vet met with
p single American who did not tell me he in
favor of home rule for Ireland. and in favor Of
Mr.. Gladstone's policy. No. do not represent
Longford in Parliament. I have for several
years but now elect to sit for the city of
Derry, having been chosen from that place
we'll There are 103 constituencies in Ireland
In which the public vote. and two members be-
sides these sit for Dublin University, making
l05 in All OF these, the HomerUlers have sc
members now and two seats vet 10 be settled,
but which will be filed by Home-rue members,
thus giving rs So ont of los, which shows to
what our cause has grown.
II am doing great amount of speaking
shall be az Bloomington TO morrow evening.
from there I GO to Ann Arbor, thence to an
other Michigan town, and then to Detroit am
to speak in Chicago on Monday week.
Mr. Mccarthy, though somewhat fatigued,
was in fiue health and spirits. He is of lively,
energetic temperament, and quite American in
his freedom of manner and conversation, and
shakes hands with the ease and grace of a native.
Mr. McCarthy's Lecture on Irelands Cause.
No lecturer could wish better audience than
bhe one assembled last night in Plymouth
Church to- hear Mr.. Mccarthy speak on 1.-The
National Cause of Ireland The entire lower
part Of the house was filed, and few seats in
the gallery were tenantless. The clergy.
Catholic and Protestant, were out in force, the
legal fraternity were we'll represented and
there good sprnkling Of legislators, be-
sides which the usual lecture turn out of brains
and culture. male and female. In speaking.
Mr.. Mccarthy is plain. straightforward un
ostentatious, seemingly careful to avoid all
verbal ornament all oratoricai effects.
In begioning his lecture, he explained what
the National cause is-that it is simply the &C.
mand for home rule, the right TO make laws for
herself without control from Westminster. He
showed that all of England's colonies had this
right. ireland alone being deprived of it. He
spoke of the time when Ireland had her national
Parliament, and or the causes leading to Its abro-
CATION. II was Parliament wholly composed
of Protestant members no Catholic being al
!. lowed the richt 20 for member. Grattan
led movement for Catholic emancra-
ton. and, after struggle, the majority
of the Irish Parliament, Professionals as
they were. over to Justice. The
movement was to place the Catholics absolutely
on an eanaiitv with their Protestant country
uep. The King, George III. lost patience and
temper. AID determined the Irish National Par
lament must be extincnished forever This was
the same George III against whom these State:
prosecuted q successful rebellion and accom-
riished hrme rule. File had not been taught
wisdom by his struggle with another people
The Society OF United Ireland was formed to ait
this rnoverA-st fSs emancipation This associa
ton has been ,pisrnderstood 1t was simply
loyal. constitutional. peaceful association, agita
ingthe emancipation of Catholics. Among then
were sueh names as Edward Fitzgerald. Theo
bald Wolfe Tone md Robert Emmet. Lor,
Fi,x William WAS the viceroy. and ne threw his
qoul into the movement. King George deprived
him at once of his office, and b.
wes taken back TO England like
criminal TO be tried for felony because ne hat
promised to assist in removing the shackles o
religious disability from five ont of six of TIL
people Of Ireland. When Lord Fitz William
was recalled the people of Ireland lost all hope
ard these young men, desnairing of any peaceful
" ont; inf no of They
a just cause ireland had been oppressed far NOR
cruelty than America. But they failed. 1t Il
only within the latter years that history. Civin!
favor to their cause, has admitted how nearl.
they came to success. Not single one of thes
generous young Protestants ever appeared AGAR
in an Irish connsrl-room to give guidance to shei
countrymen. They were gone. The battle
field disposed of some. the scaffold of many an
Ahere were mysterious midnight deaths in prison
looking like assassination had removed others
Some escaped across the sea-
Lord CORVALLIS, whose name is remembers
In this country in connection with certain CAPT,
ulation at York own. was selected By the king I
carry out bis policy. The Irish Parliament wa
to be made way with, but the King had to e
through some form Of law ard order. IT was &C
70 consent to It's extinction. to pass the ''Ac
Of Union" which would bring Ireland under tn
direct control Of centralized power at Westmir
Ster. CORVALLIS, with unlimited means at hanc
tTibed members to vote for the union. Som
who sold were made peers. that eunio
peer is held as a term of orprobrium and dil
grace. because il stamps and stigmatizes the d.
scendants of who sold HI
country for a paltry coronet and seat in the Ell
gsh House CT Lords. Pocket boroughs were pr
up by CORVALLIS. who paid many millio
pounds sterling TO fill them with men who wer
into the Irish House OF Commons vote ava
she liberty of the country. Gladstone hmse
has said that nothing could surpass the blacl
guardism b;' which the act of union was ca
RED" Protestants struggled to the last again
this act of union We bear in mind the nan
of one who stood by Grattan's side. He hel
high Office and was deprived Of it by Corn wall
because he would not submit to this act an
conld neither be k-ibed nor terrified. That ma
was Sir John Pnsnell, the Parnell of that tim
Since the passage of the act OF union the Iris
people have eyer accepted that act, even by Il
negative acouiescence of silence, but from tn